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Synonyms for mainstays

Grammar : Noun
Spell : meyn-stey
Phonetic Transcription : ˈmeɪnˌsteɪ

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Définition of mainstays

Origin :
  • "chief support," 1787, figurative use of a nautical noun meaning "stay which extends from the main-top to the foot of the foremast" (late 15c.), from main (adj.) + stay (n.).
  • noun chief support
Example sentences :
  • "Sergeant What's-his-name" has always been one of the mainstays of the Army.
  • Extract from : « Policing the Plains » by R.G. MacBeth
  • Emperor is one of the standard shipping grapes of the Pacific slope, being one of the mainstays of the interior valleys.
  • Extract from : « Manual of American Grape-Growing » by U. P. Hedrick
  • The oil-lamp and the candle were the mainstays of artificial lighting throughout many centuries.
  • Extract from : « Artificial Light » by M. Luckiesh
  • While he rarely attended the services at this church, he was one of its mainstays in every pecuniary sense.
  • Extract from : « Benjamin Franklin; Self-Revealed, Volume I (of 2) » by Wiliam Cabell Bruce
  • "Do as you think best, Jack; you and Marion must be my mainstays now," and she kissed him affectionately.
  • Extract from : « Young Captain Jack » by Horatio Alger and Arthur M. Winfield
  • He bowed politely to those two mainstays of society, the brothers Leroux, and went downstairs.
  • Extract from : « The Blonde Lady » by Maurice Leblanc
  • One of the mainstays of this genuine culture was the autonomous school.
  • Extract from : « History of the Jews in Russia and Poland, Volume I (of 3) » by S. M. Dubnow
  • A father ought to be dearer to you than myself; become both the mainstays of his old age.
  • Extract from : « Psyche » by Molire
  • Peggy Simms stood before Rainey, clinging to the mainstays, a different girl to the one that he had known.
  • Extract from : « A Man to His Mate » by J. Allan Dunn
  • In less than a week he was back to his old time form, and became as he had been before, one of the mainstays of the team.
  • Extract from : « Bert Wilson on the Gridiron » by J. W. Duffield
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